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HTC’s Old CEO Looks To Develop ‘Social Reality’ Platform, Announces World’s First 5G Headset

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XRSpace’s Peter Chou believes 5G will usher in “the social reality of the future” Peter Chou, ex-CEO and co-founder of Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC, has some bold opinions regarding the future of VR technology. “There is a chance that 5G will make the experience of VR much more relevant to consumers. .”

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Developing Better Haptics With Interhaptics

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The other product is an “interaction builder” for creating gesture controls. These controls are showcased to many XR users in a gaming environment but have huge practical implications in enterprise training. Controllers are more precise from a tracking perspective, but they are a barrier to entry,” said Vezzoli.

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Oculus Touch vs. HTC Vive – Which Is The Better VR.

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Oculus Touch vs. HTC Vive – Which Is The Better VR Controller? Before we get started, let me make something perfectly clear: what is about to follow is an opinion I have formed after spending considerable time with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift’s hand tracking solutions for virtual reality.

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Vive China Hackathon Reveals VR Sword Fighting Robot And Exoskeletons

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Over the past week 18 developers have been going head-to-head in a huge HTC Vive hackathon in Shanghai, China. Graylin, China Regional President of HTC Vive, teams were tasked with “integrating VR with hardware/accessories/physical UI to enhance user experiences and take VR immersion to a new level.” The winning teams.

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Owlchemy Labs, IrisVR, Upload And More Featured In Forbes 30 Under 30

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Schwartz’s studio helped pave the way for room-scale VR by working on an early version of the HTC Vive before it was formally announced. Thalmic Labs, the creator of the Myo gesture-control armband, is also listed under Consumer Tech. LiveLike could hold the keys to the future of sports broadcasting.

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Neurable Lets You Control A Virtual World With Your Mind

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At SIGGRAPH this week the Boston-based startup is showing its modified HTC Vive which include EEG ( Electroencephalography ) sensors along the interior of the headstrap. I’ve used my eyes to interact with a virtual world before, but startup Neurable just enhanced that experience by reading my thoughts too.

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How does Virtual Reality Work? The Ultimate Guide

XR Today - Virtual Reality

There are no advanced “spatial computing” features like sensors or gesture controls. Instead, you use controllers to interact with a digital landscape. However, with these types of VR, you only interact with the virtual environment on a fundamental level. Driving simulators are perhaps the best example of this.